What is your problem with the window? How is that in any way bad?
It is tacky as fuck. Imagine if you were going to buy a perfectly nice car, but the hood of the car was transparent. That's just stupid. It doesn't affect the performance, sure. Would you buy a car with a transparent hood? No, because that's also stupid.
What is your problem with the window? How is that in any way bad?
It is tacky as fuck. Imagine if you were going to buy a perfectly nice car, but the hood of the car was transparent. That's just stupid. It doesn't affect the performance, sure. Would you buy a car with a transparent hood? No, because that's also stupid.
So, you have no real complaint except that you care a lot about arbitrary fashion rules? You're just that guy who complains when people wear white pants or straw hats after labor day.
How is it tacky, old man? Why compare a computer case to a car? Other old man says your wall of comic books is equally tacky. And your socks are the wrong color. Now what?
What is your problem with the window? How is that in any way bad?
It is tacky as fuck. Imagine if you were going to buy a perfectly nice car, but the hood of the car was transparent. That's just stupid. It doesn't affect the performance, sure. Would you buy a car with a transparent hood? No, because that's also stupid.
So, you have no real complaint except that you care a lot about arbitrary fashion rules? You're just that guy who complains when people wear white pants or straw hats after labor day.
How is it tacky, old man? Why compare a computer case to a car? Other old man says your wall of comic books is equally tacky. And your socks are the wrong color. Now what?
Wall of comic books and socks get a pass because they are useful. If the plastic window on the side of the case was more useful than the alternative, it could get by being ugly with that excuse. In the absence of improved function, inferior form is open to criticism.
You're complaining about the color of someone's socks.
You need a case. Who cares what color it is? Some people happen to choose transparent.
If it was 100% transparent, that might be cool. The window on the side, that's spinnin' rims.
So? You have your aesthetic, you build your gear to suit. It's fine to have your own aesthetic, but being a dick about other people's is just being a dick. I think it's dumb too, I like my cases sleek, black, and simple, but I'm not going about calling other people's thing stupid. Be cool, man.
They can actually present a legit safety issue. Particularly in accidents(where they can get damaged and send the spinner cap flying loose at high speed) or with poorly made examples, where the roller bearing can seize and the weight of the spinner cap can either damage the wheel, or come free entirely and damage other vehicles or pedestrians. They can also impair wheel alignment, and cause much faster tyre wear, or damage the wheel if the spinner cap isn't properly balanced.
They've also caused a few accidents, by people seeing them and thinking the car is moving, leading to them either stomping on the hooks and having someone run up the arse of them, or by maneuvering away from the vehicle they think is moving and causing an accident.
Part of me would want a huge ass case with room for as many expansion cards and drives as possible, and part of me wants something as small as an Intel NUC
I have a Fractal R5 and it's the best investement I ever made in a case. 8 3.5" Disk slots, lots of room for radiators, great cable management, plenty of room for fans and compatibility with all motherboard sizes. It also has baffling along the sides to help noise. I've got my home server in it and I couldnt be happier.
I'll be honest, I've been looking at them just now, and I'm genuinely considering it.
A case window is often a bit gaudy when thrown on a gamer case because everything on a gamer case is gaudy. But more importantly, because of the way many cases are balanced, the windows tend to be towards the back where the mobo is, and the front end is conveniently hidden because no-one wants to see your clusterfuck of an HDD stack. When the cases are unbalanced internally and the window is hanging out in the back I do think it's less appealing visually and is a reason why my current case is windowless.
But on something like the NZXT case I linked, the whole HDD stack is stuffed down below, which means the window can grow larger and be balanced on the side where it will show a clean area devoid of cable bullshit inside. The window isn't tacked on, its designed around as a core element of that case. Spinners are tacky add-on parts like interior lighting or what-not. This is more like a windshield.
If the window isn't a draw, sure it would be cool if they made a non-window version. I also imagine one could take the window and apply a sticker to cover the thing up adding either a graphic or just a plain color. It would probably look pretty cool, actually.
Part of me would want a huge ass case with room for as many expansion cards and drives as possible, and part of me wants something as small as an Intel NUC
I have a Fractal R5 and it's the best investement I ever made in a case. 8 3.5" Disk slots, lots of room for radiators, great cable management, plenty of room for fans and compatibility with all motherboard sizes. It also has baffling along the sides to help noise. I've got my home server in it and I couldnt be happier.
I'll be honest, I've been looking at them just now, and I'm genuinely considering it.
Hm. When it comes time, I'll likely buy one(or the equivalent, if their line has changed by then). I'm sick of having to pull my computer half apart if I need to, say, check a connection, or throw a different stick of RAM in. Not to mention, it makes cable organization absurdly difficult.
Part of me would want a huge ass case with room for as many expansion cards and drives as possible, and part of me wants something as small as an Intel NUC
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How is it tacky, old man? Why compare a computer case to a car? Other old man says your wall of comic books is equally tacky. And your socks are the wrong color. Now what?
You're complaining about the color of someone's socks.
You need a case. Who cares what color it is? Some people happen to choose transparent.
They've also caused a few accidents, by people seeing them and thinking the car is moving, leading to them either stomping on the hooks and having someone run up the arse of them, or by maneuvering away from the vehicle they think is moving and causing an accident.
A case window is often a bit gaudy when thrown on a gamer case because everything on a gamer case is gaudy. But more importantly, because of the way many cases are balanced, the windows tend to be towards the back where the mobo is, and the front end is conveniently hidden because no-one wants to see your clusterfuck of an HDD stack. When the cases are unbalanced internally and the window is hanging out in the back I do think it's less appealing visually and is a reason why my current case is windowless.
But on something like the NZXT case I linked, the whole HDD stack is stuffed down below, which means the window can grow larger and be balanced on the side where it will show a clean area devoid of cable bullshit inside. The window isn't tacked on, its designed around as a core element of that case. Spinners are tacky add-on parts like interior lighting or what-not. This is more like a windshield.
If the window isn't a draw, sure it would be cool if they made a non-window version. I also imagine one could take the window and apply a sticker to cover the thing up adding either a graphic or just a plain color. It would probably look pretty cool, actually.